Who's hot: OK, so Magglio Ordonez had only one hit Sunday, and it was only a single. That dropped his batting average for the week to .400. No surprise there. Ordonez is hitting .413 over the last six weeks, with 21 doubles, 11 home runs and 39 RBIs. Amazing. Truly amazing.

Who's not: Jose Mesa was hardly the only struggling pitcher in the Tiger bullpen, but with a 12.34 ERA and with opponents hitting .365 against him, he was the obvious choice to be released when the Tigers had to make room for Fernando Rodney to come off the disabled list. As manager Jim Leyland said, "Zach (Miner) deserves to be here.'' Mesa, despite his $2.5 million contract, clearly didn't.

Play of the week: It shouldn't be that big a deal that the Tiger bullpen closed out Sunday's game, not after Jeremy Bonderman handed his relievers a 7-2 lead with two out in the seventh inning. But the way the Indians hit, and with memories of Friday night's collapse very much in the Tigers minds, Wilfredo Ledezma got one of the biggest outs of the weekend (and the season?) when he retired Jhonny Peralta with the bases loaded and two out in the seventh. "That was a huge out, the way this series has gone,'' Leyland said.

Matchup of the week: The New York Mets, who came within one win of visiting Comerica Park last October in the World Series, finally arrive next weekend. The Mets are the only major-league team that has never played at Comerica. They're also, according to scouts who have seen them, the only National League team with enough offensive punch to compete in the American League. If you want to argue that interleague play isn't fair, go ahead. While the Tigers are playing the first-place Mets, the Indians play a second series against the awful Cincinnati Reds. The Tigers will see two first-place NL teams, the Mets and Milwaukee. The Indians will see none. In fact, only one of Cleveland's six interleague series is against a team that had a winning record entering play Sunday.

Analysis: Maybe getting Rodney back isn't the complete answer for the Tiger bullpen woes. But if this weekend proved anything, it's that the Indians' pen might be just as shaky as the Tigers'. Or even shakier.